Pairings Candidates’ Tournament Published

Today FIDE published the full pairings for the Candidates’ Tournament, to be held next month in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In the first round, on 13 March, the following games will be played: Andreikin-Kramnik, Karjakin-Svidler, Mamedyarov-Topalov and Anand-Aronian. The winner of the tournament will earn the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in a world title match scheduled for November this year.

The 2014 FIDE Candidates’ Tournament is an 8-player double round robin with 4 rest days. The dates are March 13th-31st, 2014. According to the regulations, the "total minimum" prize fund shared by the players totals € 420,000 which is € 90,000 less than last year.

The winner of the Candidates will have the right to challenge World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a world title match which is scheduled to take place in November 2014. Carlsen defeated Viswanathan Anand in the Chennai World Championship match in November 2013.

Anand, who is now a Candidate, had been World Champion since 2007, when he won the World Championship Tournament in Mexico City. He successfully defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik (Bonn, 2008), Veselin Topalov (Sofia, 2010) and Boris Gelfand (Moscow, 2012).

FIDE Candidates 2014 | Schedule

Event

Day

Date

Opening Ceremony

Wednesday

12/03/2014

Round 1

Thursday

13/03/2014

Round 2

Friday

14/03/2014

Round 3

Saturday

15/03/2014

Free day

Sunday

16/03/2014

Round 4

Monday

17/03/2014

Round 5

Tuesday

18/03/2014

Round 6

Wednesday

19/03/2014

Free day

Thursday

20/03/2014

Round 7

Friday

21/03/2014

Round 8

Saturday

22/03/2014

Round 9

Sunday

23/03/2014

Free day

Monday

24/03/2014

Round 10

Tuesday

25/03/2014

Round 11

Wednesday

26/03/2014

Round 12

Thursday

27/03/2014

Free day

Friday

28/03/2014

Round 13

Saturday

29/03/2014

Round 14

Sunday

30/03/2014

Tie-Breaks if necessary/Closing Ceremony

Monday

31/03/2014

According to the official regulations of the 2014 FIDE Candidates’ Tournament (here in PDF), just like last year “the draw for pairings and colours will be conducted in the FIDE office in Athens, one (1) month before the start of the event.” These pairings, in which the four Russian participants play each other in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10 (as stipulated in the regulations), were published today on the FIDE website.

FIDE Candidates’ 2014 | Pairings

Round 1

13.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 8

22.03.14

15:00 MSK

Andreikin

-

Kramnik

Kramnik

-

Andreikin

Karjakin

-

Svidler

Svidler

-

Karjakin

Mamedyarov

-

Topalov

Topalov

-

Mamedyarov

Anand

-

Aronian

Aronian

-

Anand

Round 2

14.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 9

23.03.14

15:00 MSK

Kramnik

-

Karjakin

Karjakin

-

Kramnik

Svidler

-

Andreikin

Andreikin

-

Svidler

Topalov

-

Anand

Anand

-

Topalov

Aronian

-

Mamedyarov

Mamedyarov

-

Aronian

Round 3

15.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 10

25.03.14

15:00 MSK

Andreikin

-

Karjakin

Karjakin

-

Andreikin

Svidler

-

Kramnik

Kramnik

-

Svidler

Topalov

-

Aronian

Aronian

-

Topalov

Mamedyarov

-

Anand

Anand

-

Mamedyarov

Round 4

17.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 11

26.03.14

15:00 MSK

Mamedyarov

-

Andreikin

Andreikin

-

Mamedyarov

Karjakin

-

Topalov

Topalov

-

Karjakin

Aronian

-

Svidler

Svidler

-

Aronian

Anand

-

Kramnik

Kramnik

-

Anand

Round 5

18.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 12

27.03.14

15:00 MSK

Andreikin

-

Anand

Anand

-

Andreikin

Karjakin

-

Mamedyarov

Mamedyarov

-

Karjakin

Svidler

-

Topalov

Topalov

-

Svidler

Kramnik

-

Aronian

Aronian

-

Kramnik

Round 6

19.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 13

29.03.14

15:00 MSK

Aronian

-

Andreikin

Andreikin

-

Aronian

Anand

-

Karjakin

Karjakin

-

Anand

Mamedyarov

-

Svidler

Svidler

-

Mamedyarov

Topalov

-

Kramnik

Kramnik

-

Topalov

Round 7

21.03.14

15:00 MSK

Round 14

30.03.14

15:00 MSK

Karjakin

-

Aronian

Aronian

-

Karjakin

Svidler

-

Anand

Anand

-

Svidler

Kramnik

-

Mamedyarov

Mamedyarov

-

Kramnik

Andreikin

-

Topalov

Topalov

-

Andreikin

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